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Barangays in Buenavista

The barangay is the smallest local government: where the government's plans and services reach the community, and where neighbours settle disputes.^[1] A punong barangay, often called the kapitan, leads it with seven elected kagawad and the chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan.^[1]

A barangay is created by law or by an ordinance of its province or city, and only when its voters approve it in a plebiscite. It needs at least 2,000 people, or 5,000 in Metro Manila and the highly urbanized cities.^[1]

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Barangays in Buenavista, at a glance

Barangays: 35^[2]
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 31,095^[3]
Urban or ruralUrban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 0 urban^[4]; 35 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Western Cabul-an^[5]; Buenavista, Bohol; 1,998 people
Largest by landLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: Catigbian^[6]; Buenavista, Bohol; about 11.65 km²
Fewer people than in 2020Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: 12 barangays^[7]

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Each row is a barangay, with its 2024 census figures. Choose a column heading or a sort button to order the list, and choose it again to turn the order round. Narrow it with the menus.

35 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Buenavista, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Western Cabul-anBuenavista, Bohol	1,998	about 7,866	about 0.254 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
2	Eastern Cabul-anBuenavista, Bohol	1,930	about 8,977	about 0.215 km²	−3.00% a year	Rural
3	LubangBuenavista, Bohol	1,623	about 318	about 5.10 km²	4.99% a year	Rural
4	CantubaBuenavista, Bohol	1,458	about 666	about 2.19 km²	8.31% a year	Rural
5	OverlandBuenavista, Bohol	1,394	about 162	about 8.63 km²	8.21% a year	Rural
6	DaitBuenavista, Bohol	1,305	about 1,079	about 1.21 km²	6.98% a year	Rural
7	CangawaBuenavista, Bohol	1,282	about 548	about 2.34 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
8	CruzBuenavista, Bohol	1,229	about 442	about 2.78 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
9	CambuhatBuenavista, Bohol	1,124	about 336	about 3.35 km²	−2.57% a year	Rural
10	PanghagbanBuenavista, Bohol	1,100	about 106	about 10.34 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
11	SweetlandBuenavista, Bohol	1,086	about 590	about 1.84 km²	3.63% a year	Rural
12	Rufo HillBuenavista, Bohol	1,080	about 679	about 1.59 km²	3.46% a year	Rural
13	Cambus-ocBuenavista, Bohol	936	about 314	about 2.98 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
14	PoblacionBuenavista, Bohol	933	about 1,202	about 0.776 km²	−3.43% a year	Rural
15	HunanBuenavista, Bohol	925	about 601	about 1.54 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
16	BatoBuenavista, Bohol	885	about 546	about 1.62 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
17	CawagBuenavista, Bohol	755	about 223	about 3.39 km²	1.87% a year	Rural
18	MagkayaBuenavista, Bohol	725	about 135	about 5.38 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
19	AsinanBuenavista, Bohol	717	about 2,726	about 0.263 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
20	CantoresBuenavista, Bohol	680	about 282	about 2.41 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
21	BantuanBuenavista, Bohol	671	about 250	about 2.68 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
22	Lapacan SurBuenavista, Bohol	667	about 857	about 0.778 km²	5.34% a year	Rural
23	CatigbianBuenavista, Bohol	623	about 53	about 11.65 km²	−1.27% a year	Rural
24	LusongBuenavista, Bohol	622	about 176	about 3.54 km²	−8.26% a year	Rural
25	Nueva GranadaBuenavista, Bohol	619	about 74	about 8.38 km²	−3.66% a year	Rural
26	BonotbonotBuenavista, Bohol	577	about 451	about 1.28 km²	−8.92% a year	Rural
27	BagoBuenavista, Bohol	572	about 199	about 2.88 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
28	BugaongBuenavista, Bohol	554	about 283	about 1.96 km²	2.20% a year	Rural
29	Nueva MontanaBuenavista, Bohol	553	about 70	about 7.92 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
30	Puting BatoBuenavista, Bohol	548	about 230	about 2.38 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
31	AnonangBuenavista, Bohol	487	about 290	about 1.68 km²	11.61% a year	Rural
32	BaluarteBuenavista, Bohol	436	about 106	about 4.11 km²	3.48% a year	Rural
33	CantomugcadBuenavista, Bohol	362	about 591	about 0.613 km²	−2.07% a year	Rural
34	Lapacan NorteBuenavista, Bohol	330	about 341	about 0.967 km²	−2.26% a year	Rural
35	MerrylandBuenavista, Bohol	309	about 378	about 0.817 km²	−2.61% a year	Rural

How it fits

A barangay is the smallest unit of government, led by a punong barangay (the kapitan) and a council of kagawad. Every city and municipality is made up of barangays.

Sources

The list shows each place's own figures: people from the PSA's 2024 census, growth from its 2020 census, land areas from the Land Management Bureau's 2019 masterlist. A barangay's area is measured inside its border on UN OCHA's map and is approximate, and a barangay shows no growth where its border changed after 2020. Every figure's source is on its place's page; how Scene works out the rest.

1.Congress of the Philippines. Republic Act No. 7160: the Local Government Code of 1991. Published October 10, 1991. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Publication Datafile. Published June 30, 2026. Read by Scene September 24, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
3.Philippine Statistics Authority. Population and Annual Population Growth Rate of the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities Based on the 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2024 Population Census (OpenSTAT table 0211A6DAPG0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
4.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population and Urban Population by Urban Classification and Region, Province, Highly Urbanized City, City/Municipality and Barangay: Philippines, 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0231A6DPUP0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
5.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: Central Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0071A6DTPH6). Published August 5, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
6.UN OCHA, from the PSA and NAMRIA. Philippines: Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB), barangay layer. Published February 13, 2025. Read by Scene September 25, 2026. CC BY-IGO 3.0. Open the source
7.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 4th Quarter 2022: Publication Datafile, with the 2015 and 2020 census counts (the PSA's file, as the Internet Archive keeps it). Published December 31, 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source

Scene adds what the sources do not print themselves: growth rates, shares, barangay areas and densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances, each computed from the figures and borders above. How each is made.

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